Conference on Economics of Sexual Orientation 2019

Tuesday, August 27:

10:30               Registration in Glaset in the K-building, Linnaeus University
                      
11:30               Lunch at Teleborgs slott

All presentations will be in room K1076 in the K-building at Linnaeus University.

12:30 am         Opening: Dean Helén Anderson, Linnaeus University

12:40 am         Going Global with SOGI Research in Economics: Demand,
                        Data and Low-Hanging Fruit
                        Keynote Lecture by M V Lee Badgett, University of   
                        Massachusetts, Amherst.

1:40 pm           Two Decades of Same-Sex Marriage in Sweden -                    
                        A Demographic Account of Developments in Marriage,          
                        Childbearing, and Divorce                        
                        Martin Kolk and Gunnar Andersson

2:10 pm           Coffee and poster session

3:00 pm           Who Gives Birth (First) in Female Same-Sex Couples                                       in Sweden?
                        Katarina Boye and Marie Evertsson

3:30 pm          Income Trajectories after Transitioning to Parenthood: 
                       Female Same-Sex Couples in the Netherlands
                       Katharina Stückradt, Eva Jaspers, and Ruben van Gaalen

4:00 pm          Coffee

4:30 pm         Interactions Between Non-Discrimination Laws and Socio-
                      economic Status of Sexual Minorities
                      Nico Carrino

5:00 pm         Occupational Achievements of Same-Sex Couples in the US
                      by Gender and Race
                      Coral del Río and Olga Alonso-Villar 

7:00 pm         Dinner at PM & Vänner

Wednesday, August 28:

8:30 am          Roots of Tolerance among Second-Generation Immigrants
                      Niclas Berggren, Martin Ljunge, and Therese Nilsson

9:00 am          Customer and Worker Discrimination Against Gay and Lesbian
                       Business Owners 
                       Ali Ahmed and Mats Hammarstedt

9:30 am         Tolerance of Homosexuality and Time at Work among Gays
                      and Lesbians in the United States
                      Mary Eschelbach Hansen, Michael E Martell, and Leanne
                      Roncolato

10:00 pm       Coffee

10:30 am       Do Same-Sex Marriage Laws Really Improve Adolescent
                      Health?
                      D Mark Anderson, Kevin Hsu, and Joseph J Sabia

11:00 am       The Effect of Gender Non-Conformity on Labor and Health  
                     Outcomes: Longitudinal Evidence from Add Health 
                     Ian Burn and Michael E Martell                    

11:30 am      Coming Out as Gay or Lesbian: An Econometric Study of 
                     the Socio-Economic Determinants of Sexual Orientation
                     Disclosure                    
                     Thierry Laurent and Ferhat Mihoubi

12:00 am      Lunch at Teleborgs Castle

2:00 pm       European LGBTQ Economists Meeting

Poster session August 27, 2:10 pm – 3:00 pm:

Symbol Matters Little but for Marriage: Same-Sex Marriage Legalization and Partnership Stability
Shuai Chen and Jan C van Ours

Sexual Orientation and Intra-household Specialization before and after the
Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada
Maryam Dilmaghani and Jason Dean

Are Transgender Individuals Discriminated against in the Hiring Process?
Ali Ahmed, Per Andersson and Mark Granberg

Sexual Identity and Earnings: The Role of Industry and Occupation
Samuel Mann

Does the Gender Composition in Couples Matter for the Division of Labor after Childbirth?
Ylva Moberg

The Labour Market Outcomes of Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming and Genderqueer Individuals
Matthew Shannon

Sexual Orientation and Self-employment: Evidence from Sweden
Hanna Swahnberg

What Does Someone's Gender Identity Signal to Employers?
Hanna Van Borm, Marlot Dhoop, Allien Van Acker, and Stijn Baert

The Linnaeus University Centre for Discrimination and Integration Studies invites submissions of papers to a conference on the Economics of Sexual Orientation August 27th-28th at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden. The aim of the conference is to bring together an international group of researchers focusing on issues related to the economics of sexual orientation. Although the emphasis is on economics we also welcome submissions on this topic from other disciplines. The number of papers is limited to 10–15 but we will also organize poster sessions.  

Invited keynote speaker is M V Lee Badgett, professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Lee Badgett was first to document sexual orientation wage gap in her pioneering and well-cited article “The Wage Effects of Sexual Orientation Discrimination” from 1995 published in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Since then she has continuously contributed with important knowledge to the field and been active in the public debate regarding LGBT issues.

Deadline for submissions is May 1. Please submit your paper here. Acceptance decisions will be announced by May 20. Presenters of accepted papers and other persons wishing to attend the conference should register by June 14.

The poster should be in size A1 portrait format, i.e. 594 mm (23.4 in) x 841 mm (33.1 in). You may choose to bring your poster with you, or have it printed at Linnaeus University (this service is free of charge). 

If you would like to print your poster at the university you need to send the file in PDF format to copycenter@lnu.se no later than Friday, August 23. In your email please include the words CESO2019 as well as your name and any special instructions. The poster can be picked up at the Infocenter in the main building at the Linnaeus University campus between 8:00am-4:00pm Monday August 26th or Tuesday August 27th. 

The conference will take place in the K-building and the registration is at Glaset in the same building, see map. All the presentations during the conference will be in room K1076. Lunch will be served nearby, at Teleborg slott.

The conference dinner will be held at the Michelin star restaurant PM & Vänner, see map.